The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Many small make a great.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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